The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/williamsburg/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:29:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Williamsburg | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/williamsburg/ 32 32 Brooklyn man sentenced to prison for robbing matzah factory weeks before Passover https://www.timesofisrael.com/brooklyn-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-robbing-matzah-factory-weeks-before-passover/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:50:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3182651 Muntaquim Durant, 44, stole cash and checks worth over $94,000 from the Satmar Matzah Bakery

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]]> Reported cancellation of Virginia menorah lighting draws rebuke from governor https://www.timesofisrael.com/reported-cancellation-of-virginia-menorah-lighting-draws-rebuke-from-governor/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 06:21:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3170791 Art festival founder says Hanukkah ceremony could be seen as choosing sides in Israel-Hamas war; organizers say lighting also rejected to keep art festival event religion-free

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]]> NYPD to up patrols around Williamsburg synagogues amid rise in antisemitic attacks https://www.timesofisrael.com/nypd-to-up-patrols-around-williamsburg-synagogues-amid-rise-in-antisemitic-attacks/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 03:31:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2827625 'It is believed these victims were targeted because they're Jewish,' police commissioner says, in press conference at site where suspect allegedly slapped Haredi man days earlier

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]]> NY Supreme Court sides with mother opposed to curriculum at son’s Brooklyn yeshiva https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-supreme-court-sides-with-mother-opposed-to-curriculum-at-sons-brooklyn-yeshiva/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 05:20:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2778508 Judge upholds appeal by woman from member of borough's Hasidic community who says her son was denied an adequate secular education

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]]> In Brooklyn, some rabbis ask followers to turn down free food from ‘Zionists’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-brooklyn-some-rabbis-ask-followers-to-turn-down-free-food-from-zionists/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:06:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2747241 A faction within Williamsburg’s Satmar Hasidic community is warning followers not to accept holiday charity from Met Council because it holds 'all the abominations of the world'

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]]> Census data shows Orthodox Jewish areas of NY, NJ are among fastest growing https://www.timesofisrael.com/census-data-shows-orthodox-jewish-areas-of-ny-nj-are-among-fastest-growing/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:41:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2602310 In New Jersey, the heavily ultra-Orthodox town of Lakewood is growing at the highest rate of any city in the state

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]]> In NYC’s hipster mecca of Williamsburg, Hasidic Jews are the real counterculture https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-nycs-hipster-mecca-of-williamsburg-hasidic-jews-are-the-real-counterculture/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 22:56:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2561640 The authors of new book 'A Fortress in Brooklyn' say Hasidim represent an alternate version of the assimilated 'New York Jew' in an old-new shtetl that's a purely American creation

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]]> Brooklyn Hasidic rabbi said under investigation over alleged child marriages https://www.timesofisrael.com/brooklyn-hasidic-rabbi-said-under-investigation-over-alleged-child-marriages/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:55:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2514196 Report says NYPD looking into allegations Rabbi Yoel Roth arranged marriages for minors as young as 15

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]]> Cuomo vows consequences for vaccine fraud as ParCare clinics investigated in NY https://www.timesofisrael.com/cuomo-vows-consequences-for-vaccine-fraud-as-parcare-clinics-investigated/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:04:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2457763 New York governor says violators of vaccination guidelines 'will be prosecuted' after clinics serving New York ultra-Orthodox community are accused of breaking rules

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]]> NY probes clinics serving ultra-Orthodox community over possible vaccine fraud https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-probes-clinics-serving-ultra-orthodox-community-over-possible-vaccine-fraud/ Sun, 27 Dec 2020 05:50:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2456467 State health commissioner says ParCare Community Health Network may have obtained COVID-19 shots 'fraudulently,' given doses to members of the public 'contrary to the state’s plan'

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]]> US Supreme Court rules against coronavirus limitations on New York synagogues https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-supreme-court-blocks-coronavirus-limitations-on-new-york-synagogues/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:25:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2437443 Court strikes down governor's 'Cluster Initiative,' which limited numbers of worshipers in high-infection areas; Amy Coney Barrett crucial to 5-4 ruling

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]]> Satmar Hasidim hid massive Brooklyn wedding from public view – report https://www.timesofisrael.com/satmar-hasidim-hid-massive-brooklyn-wedding-from-public-view-report/ Sun, 22 Nov 2020 20:05:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2434841 Ceremony for grandson of Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum attended by thousands, arranged to avoid detection by secular authorities, according to New York Post

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]]> Same city, different views: Jews in Manhattan, Brooklyn cast their ballots https://www.timesofisrael.com/same-city-different-views-jews-in-manhattan-brooklyn-cast-their-ballots/ Tue, 03 Nov 2020 22:18:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2421744 Jews of Upper West Side hope to send Trump packing, while just 30 minutes away, Satmar Hasidim say backing incumbent is a 'mitzvah'

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]]> Satmar wedding of ‘10,000’ made family-only after NY officials block it https://www.timesofisrael.com/satmar-wedding-of-10000-made-family-only-after-ny-officials-block-it/ Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:44:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2410869&preview=true&preview_id=2410869 Synagogue says it had always been the plan to keep event limited to relatives, but a public reception afterwards was called off, given the virus crackdown

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]]> New York said to halt planned Orthodox Jewish wedding with up to 10,000 guests https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-york-said-to-halt-planned-orthodox-jewish-wedding-with-up-to-10000-guests/ Sat, 17 Oct 2020 22:22:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2410204&preview=true&preview_id=2410204 Amid COVID-19 restrictions and unrest in Orthodox neighborhoods, Governor Cuomo says: 'You can get married. You just can't get a thousand people at your wedding'

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